Scientific name: Myrtus Communis Oil
Classification: Essential Oil
Refreshing, soothing, astringent, purifying.
Tales from Nature
Myrtle, an evergreen shrub of the Myrtaceae family, has embodied the essence of beauty and purity for centuries. Historically linked to the figure of Venus and celebrated in the Middle Ages as “Water of the Angels,” this botanical active ingredient offers significant soothing and astringent properties. In cosmetics, Myrtle Essential Oil is prized for its ability to naturally refresh and purify the skin.
Hair Benefits
Myrtle Essential Oil is a key ingredient in treatments for dandruff and sebum imbalances. Thanks to its soothing properties, it provides relief for dry or irritated Scalp, ensuring gentle and deep cleansing.
In purifying treatments, its sanitizing action, working in synergy with other essential oils, visibly combats the unsightly effects of flaking and dandruff, leaving hair light and the scalp healthy, clean, and rebalanced.
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Purifying and anti-dandruff action: Its sanitizing action, working in synergy with other essential oils in purifying treatments, visibly combats flaking. It leaves the scalp healthy, clean, and balanced.
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Deeply soothing effect: It provides relief to dry or irritated Scalp, ensuring gentle and deep cleansing.
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Sebum rebalancing: regulates sebum production, keeping the follicles oxygenated and ensuring hair remains light, fresh, and full of vitality for a long time.
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Stimulation and strengthening: supports scalp microcirculation, delivering essential nutrients to the hair bulb to promote the growth of strong hair.
Skin Benefits
When applied to the skin of the body and face, Myrtle Essential Oil exhibits astringent and toning properties, making it a specific ingredient for enriching after-sun treatment formulations.
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Astringent and skin-purifying action: it refines the skin’s texture, making it ideal for treating combination or oily skin and for minimizing enlarged pores caused by intense summer heat.
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Toning and firming effect: it restores firmness and elasticity to skin tissues weakened by sun products rays, giving the skin a smooth, firm, and visibly refreshed appearance.
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Soothing post-sun relief: When applied to the body, it provides a lasting sensation of freshness, soothing sunburn and redness caused by the sun and calming skin exposed to intense heat and environmental stress.
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Sensory and regenerating well-being: its fresh, herbal, and soothing aroma transforms the application of after-sun products into a moment of pure evening relaxation, rejuvenating the senses after a long day at the beach.
